If you want to build a reporting solution on SAP (S/4HANA or ECC) or Salesforce data in Fabric and don’t want to build everything from scratch then you should check out Business Process ...

As I described here, Power BI can send SQL queries in parallel in DirectQuery mode and you can see from the Timeline column there is some parallelism happening here – the last two SQL queries ...

Microsoft’s January 2026 update puts Excel back in the spotlight. After a brief pause late last year, the company has resumed its monthly feature recap, and this time the bulk of the changes land ...

Microsoft has restarted its monthly feature round-up, detailing how Excel changed during January 2026 across Windows, Mac, and the web. The headline upgrade is Agent ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Cory Benfield discusses the evolution of ...

Microsoft has launched AI agents for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The agents are available for business and individual subscribers. Now accessible on the web, the agents will expand to the desktop.

Microsoft has revealed some details about what's next for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Customers should expect multiple SSMS releases soon. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the tool of ...

The new ‘COPILOT’ function uses AI to generate summaries, tags, tables, and more based on a group of cells. The new ‘COPILOT’ function uses AI to generate summaries, tags, tables, and more based on a ...

Today is Microsoft's July 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 137 flaws, including one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server. This Patch Tuesday also ...